Real Life Maths Day Today - 24th May

 What an amazing day!

Happy Real Life Maths Day! We have enjoyed learning about how we use Maths in our everyday lives. We played 'who wants to be a millionaire' and answered real life questions. In 5S we have very competitive mathematicians. 

Staff dominoes! 

6M have had a fun-filled morning doing all things Maths! First, they became Human BarCharts to show us their birthdays, ages, and favourite colours. They continued by using a range of sports equipment to calculate how many children we could fit in the hall! We played, “Guess the Views” for a range of songs and also played hide the Dienes cube in the classroom! Children then spent time on their secondary school’s website to look at their menus for their canteens. They calculated how much they would spend and how much they they could save based on their pocket money! 

Mr Smith checking the students are sat up straight with his spirit level! 

This afternoon 6M turned the classroom into their very own cafe. They became Chefs,  Customers, Waiting Staff, Cashiers, Menu Specialists and Managers. They had a blast working under the pressure of taking orders and meeting customer expectations. They also did well to work out change, total bills and how much profit was made. 

Year 3 did agamographs bridge making where the children had to buy their equipment and budget how much they could spend. 

Farm Visit on Friday

 

TPAT Basketball Competition

 

The Wrotham Road pupils have continued to show our school spirit, within our excellent Year 5 and 6 children, who attended a TPAT basketball competition yesterday. It came down to the wire for our Wrotham 1 team who were called for the 3rd and 4th place decider match. The children came into the round with such determination, which was followed through with accurate throws and team work, to win a landslide score against the first of Meopham's teams, securing the bronze place trophy for the school. 

Well done!

Overall placings

1: Meopham (team 2)

2: Culverstone

3: Wrotham 1

Platinum Jubilee

To celebrate the Queens Jubilee, on Friday 27^th April, we will be having a Jubilee party for the children during the school day. Each child will be given a cupcake.To ensure we cater for all our children we have listed the ingredients of the cupcakes below. If you could please let your child’s class teacher know if they cannot have any of the ingredients or have any allergies, we can then cater for their needs. 

Many thanks.

Ingredients
 

Fortified Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)], Sugar, Icing (17%) [Sugar, Palm Oil, Dried Glucose Syrup, Glucose Syrup, Skimmed Milk Powder, Emulsifier (Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids), Gelling Agent (Pectins), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Colours (Beetroot Red, Lutein), Flavourings], Rapeseed Oil, Pasteurised Whole Egg, Humectant (Glycerol), Pasteurised Egg White, Soya Flour, Raising Agents (Diphosphates, Potassium Carbonates), Wheat Starch, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Emulsifiers (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Polyglycerol Esters of Fatty Acids), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Antioxidant (Calcium Lactate) 

For allergens, including Cereals containing Gluten, see ingredients in bold.

Platinum Jubilee

 

 

Maths Events Coming Soon!

This Wednesday 

In school, the children (as a class) will be joining the attempt to beat the Guinness World Record for the number of people joining a live stream for rocking and rolling numbers. This will take place on Wednesday 18^th May at 9:30am, as part of National Numeracy Day!

24th May

Also on Tuesday 24^th May we will be having a "Real Life Maths Day". You could come dressed up as: 

a train ticket, a clock, a calculator, a playing card, dice, a ruler, a pencil, a shape, a planet, a keypad, a phone… the list goes on! 

We want to see all the ways we use Maths in our lives, so be creative! 

After a long week of SATs, Year 6 have been enjoying some well- earned down time at Woodlands Park this morning.

 

Year 2 Gravesend Library Visit

On the 10th and 12th May Year 2 visited Gravesend library linking the trip to their “My Town, Then and Now” topic. Looking at how buildings have changed over the years in their local community. They looked at how the old buildings are different from modern ones in their design and in the materials, they are made from? What evidence is there of buildings aging? How do we know if something is old or in an old style? Looking at lots of historic records (e.g. maps, photographs, etc.) of the local area, which might support their research. 

    

Year 6 have worked incredibly hard this week and should be extremely proud of themselves!